Paper-gage for type-writing machines.



E.- B, HESS. PAPER GAGE FOR TYPE WRITING MACHINES. -APPLICAT|0M FILED APR-8| i913. RENEWED FEB. 1'. 191a.

Patented Sept. 26, 1916.

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. ROYAL TYPEWRITER COMPANY, INC., OF- NEW YORK, N.

' NEW YORK.

.- rnrnaaaen son Specification of Letters Patent.

BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, T0 55., A CORPORATION OF TYPE-WRITING MACHINES.

, Patented Sept. eaters.

Application filed April 8, 1913, Serial No. 759,583. Renewed February 1, 1916. Serial No. 75,627.

To-aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, vEDWARD B. Hess, a citizen of they United States of America, residing in the borough of Brooklyn, county .ofKing s, and State of New York, have invented'a certain new and useful Improved -,Paper- Gage for Type-Writing Machines, of

which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to a side paper gage cooperating with the feed table.

. Its object is, to provide a simple and effective gage-that may readily be adjusted to operativepositionon the table or to a'position inrear of the table out of observation, or substantially so, of the operator seated at the front of the machine.

A further object is to provide a gage which, while readily adjustable in the direction of length of the't'able when in inoperis when in operative position. held comparatively against moveshowing one end among other, advantages ment longitudinally of the table-thus surface ofthe' table from defacement,

, .In the accompanying drawingi Figure 1 is a transterse section, right of the machine, of the paper table and associated parts showing a gage inoperative position 2 n Fig. 2, a like view showing'a gage in inoperative position: Fig. 3, a plan view 'of the paper table and the gage in inoperative position: Fig. 4, a rear position, the table part of the gage. Fig. 5

elevation showing the gage in inoperative being omitted: Fig. 5, a front elevation omitting the t bio and show- .ing the gage in operative position: Fig. 5 is a detail-view ofthe slotted sleeve forming '7 i is a detail view in elevation of I the stop and locking plate, forming part of the mechanism. Fig. 6, a front elevation Of a paper table with a gage in operative pos tion adjacent each end of thetable.

paper edges 2, 2, is carriedbyan I Thedrawi'ng shows patent x granted May 17 1910. Th

a paper table adapted .to be swung rearwardly, as disclosed in the of Edward BL Hess,

at is to say,'the

table 1 havingupper andlower curled one at each end,

.- or ribs 4: on the under face of'the table at or adjacscrews a I ends coincident apertures or bearings 6 nt each end andsecured thereto by 5. 'Ihearm's 3 have at their lower preserving the 7 looking from the No. 958,i97, I

, gular arms3, 3, attached tostifiening plates adapted to turn upon or with a suitable support so that they, with the paper table and attached parts,'m-ay be swung rearwardly for-the purposes disclosed in said patent. The present invention, however, is in no way dependent upon such a swinging movement of the table but is on the contrary applicable to paper tables of various "constructions mounted in ordinary ways. For the purpose of illustrating such an arrangement it may be assumed that the arms 3 are cut off at the dotted lines :0 and thatthe paper table is supported in any usual appropriate way. Between the arms 3 extends a shaft 7 having a flat side 8 as shown in Fig. 1 which flat side is shown as the bottom or under surface of the rod. Fitted to slide and turn on the rod 7 is a short sleeve 9 having a slot 10 (dotted lines Fig. 3) extending part way through the sleeve from one end thereof. Prp ecting from one wall of saidslot is an integral part '11 formed with. a circular hub 12 at its outer end with a bore the axis of which is at right angles to rod 7. In the bore of the hub 12'is rotatably fitted a stud shaft PIOjBCtiOIl v13 fixed in or integral with a plate 14 which is integral with and xtends laterally from the paper gage 14.

shaft 13 and lying in an enlargement of the bore is a coiled spring 17 one end of which is attached to the plate 14' and the other to hub 12. The reaction of this spring ends to carry the paper gage lito a posit on parallel with the shaft 7. On the sleeve 9 is a stop projection 18, which in the normal inoperative position of the i) abuts against the upper coiled edge of the table and so determines the position of the gage when lying parallel with the shaft 7 and somewhat below the upper edge of the paper table. In this position the gage is substantially unobservable by one sitting in front of the machine, or at least it is quite out of the way. At this time a'projection a of the stop and locking plate 16 has been swung upwardly by the reaction of spring gage (Figs. 3 and 17, or by strain upon the gage, and lies in the slot with the square surface I) of its end opposite and closely contiguous the flattened face 8 of shaft 7. The gage and its support (sleeve 9) may now be slid along the. rod with convenient ease. Then the gage 14 is swung upwardly, the inner rounded-nose or corner of plate projection a permits it to freely clear the shaft and as the plate 16 rotates with the g 5e, its corner (5 passes into the inner end of slot 10 but is not of sufficient radius to engage the flat side of the rod and as the movement continues until the gage 14 is at right angles to shaft 7 a shoulder e on the bottom edge of the plate, as seen in Fig. 4, comes against the outer face of the sleeve 9, as seen at Fig. 5. This position of the parts having been reached, the gage member 14 may now be pressed downwardly and the hub will turn upon shaft 7 until the gage is in contact with the surface of, the paper table, standing atright angles thereto with the top surface of the plate 14 flush with the front surface of the table. In this position, the gage device is held and may not be moved longitudinally of the shaft 7 except by the exertion of unusual strains because the flat surface f of plate 16 extending between the angular corner (.1 and shoulder e is of such radius as that (While it does not engage the flat face of shaft 7 it engages with suflicient friction the circular part of the shaft. Such substantial fixity of the gage is most desirable because it practically cannot be adjusted laterally of the table without being first elevated and allowed to return to its normal inoperative position. In this way, there is eliminated unsightly defacements of the surface of the paper table.

I'claim:

1. The combination with the paper table of a typewriting machine, of a paper gage adapted to cooperate with the table and pivotally movable about two axes one perpendicular to the table and the other parallel with the transverse length of the table,

- and devices carried by said gage for preventing sidewise movement thereof across the face of the table when the gage is in operative position on the table.

2. The combination with the paper table .of a typewriting machine, of a paper gage adapted to cooperate with the table and pivotally movable about two axes one perpendicular, to the table and the other par allel with the transverse length of the table, and'locking devices carried by said gage for preventing it from moving about an axis perpendicular to the table when in operative position on the table. I

' 3. The combination with the paper table of a typewriting machine of a rod disposed longitudinally thereof in fixed relation thereto and in rear thereof, said rod having a flattened under face, a gage carrier turning about the rod and longitudinally movable thereon, a gage having a bearing inthe carrier, the axis of which is transverse to the carrier, a stop surface movable with the gage and abutting against the flat surface of the rod when the gage is in said normal inoperative position whereby the gage may be turned upwardly to a position transverse to the table, a stop movable with the gage and limiting such upward movement whereby the gage may be turned down upon the tablegoy rotation of the carrier on the rod, and a surface movable with the carrier or gage in the last named movement of it that bears upon the circular face of the rod when the gage hasbeen turned to operative position upon' the table whereby the carrier is held frictionally against movement endwise on the rod.

4. The combination with the paper table of a typewriting machine, 'of a paper gage adapted to cooperate with the table and pivotally movable about two axes one per-' pendicular to the table and the other parallel with the transverse length of the table, locking devices carried by the gage permitting it to move freely about an axis perpendicular to the table when in inoperative position but which prevent it from moving about said axis when in operative position on the table, and a spring cooperating with said locking devices for automatically moving the gage about an axis perpendicular to the table after the gage has been raised and moved rearwardly from the table about an axis parallel with the transverse length thereof.

5. The combination with the paper table of a typewritin machine, of a rod mounted in rear of an longitudinally thereof in fixed relation thereto, a carrier mounted to turn about the rod and move longitudinally thereon, a gage pivoted upon the carrier on an axis transverse to the rod whereby the gage may be moved u wardly to a plane transverse to that of t e table, a stop for limiting such m'ovement whereby the gage may be moved toward the surface of the table in operative relation thereto and a stop acting in the last named position of the gage to prevent movement of the gage about its pivotal axis on the carrier.

6. The combination with the paper table of a typewriting machine, of a rod in rear of the table disposed longitudinally thereof and in fixed relation thereto, a gagecarrier mounted to turn about the rod and adjustable longitudinally thereof, a gage pivotally mounted upon said carrier to turn in an upward direction whereby the gage may be turned upwardly to a position transverse to the table and then be turned down upon the table by movement of the carrier around the rod, and a spring, the reaction of which tends to turn the gage to a position parallel with the longitudinal length of the table.

7. The combination with the paper table of a typewriting machine, of a rod disposed longitudinally thereof in fixed relation thereto and in rear thereof, a gage carrier mounted upon said rod to turn thereon and be longitudinally adjustable thereon, a gage pivoted upon said carrier and disposed, when in inoperative position, lengthwise of the rod, stop means for holding the gage in such normal inoperative position, apivotal connection of the gage upon the carrier whereby the gage may be turned upwardly to a plane transverse to that of the table from which position it may be turned downwardly upon the surface of the table by rotation of the carrier about the rod, and a spring, the reaction of which tends to turn the gage to a position parallel with the longitudinal length of the table.

8. The combination with the paper table of a typewriting machine, of a rod disposed longitudinally thereof in fixed relation thereto and in rear thereof, said rod having a flattened under face, a gage carrierturning about the rod and longitudinally movable thereon, a gage having a bearing in the carrier, the axis ofwhich is transverse to the carrier, a stop surface movable with the gage and abutting against the flat surface of the rod when the gage is in said normal inoperative position whereby the gage may be turned upwardly to a position transverse to the table, a stop movable with the gage and limiting such upward movement whereby the gage may be turned down upon the table by rotation of the carrier on the rod, a surface movable with the carrier or gage in the last named movement of it that bears upon the circular face of the rod when the\gage has been turned to operative position'upon the table where by the carrier is held frictionally against movement endwise of the rod, and a spring, the reaction of which tends to turn the gage to a position parallel with the longitudinal length of the table.

9. The combination with the paper table of a typewriting machine, of a longitudi nally adjustable rotatable carrier mounted adjacentthe upper edge of the table and in rear thereof, a paper gage pivoted on the carrier on an axis transverse to the paper table whereby the gage may be moved upwardly from operative relation to the paper table and-then be moved downwardly on said pivotal connection to a position in rear of the paper table and parallel therewith,

rear of the paper table and parallel there-' with, stop means cooperating with the carrier and gage to maintain them in appropriate positions, and a spring, the reaction of which tends to turn the gage to a position parallel with the longitudinal length of the table.

11. The combination with the paper table of atypewriting machine, of a rod mounted in rear of and longitudi-i'ially thereof in fixed relation thereto, a carrier mounted to turn about the rod and move longitudinally thereon, a gage pivoted upon the carrier on an axis transverse to the rod whereby the gage may be moved upwardly to a plane transverse to that of the table, a stop for limiting such movement whereby the gage may be moved toward the surface of the table in operative relation thereto, a stop acting in the last named position of the gage to prevent movement of the gage about its pivotal axis on the carrier, and a spring, the reaction of which tends to tur the gage toa position parallel with the,longitudinal lengthof the table.

12. The combination with the paper table of a typewriting machine, of a paper gage adapted to cooperate with the table and movable about two axes, the movement about the first axis serving to bring the gage into a plane transverse to the table and the movement about the second axis serving to bring the gage down upon the table in operative relation thereto. and

means for locking the gage when in the.

latter position against movement about said first axis.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

EDVARD B. HESS. Witnesses HENRY G. Lrxoxnn, LEWIS C. Mvnns.

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Washington, D. C. 

